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July 7, 2017

PA security forces shut down youth conference in Ramallah

Organisers of the knowledge and mobility youth conference have condemned the Palestinian Authority security forces decision to prevent them from holding the conference in the city of Ramallah for...

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July 7, 2017

Yemen: Houthis planting explosives in Hudaydah port

The Houthi armed group is embedding explosive mines near the strategic port of Hudaydah in Yemen, in a bid to assault vessels travelling through Bab Al-Mandeb, Arab News reported....

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July 7, 2017

UAE arrests national for airing support for Qatar

Activists on social media have called on the UAE free Ghanem Abdullah Mattar who has been arrested for sympathising with Qatar. In a post on Twitter, Amnesty International said:...

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July 7, 2017

Qatar envoy arrives in Gaza

Senior Qatari officials arrived in the Gaza Strip yesterday to discuss efforts to rebuild the besieged enclave, according to the Palestinian Information Centre. The Qatari Ambassador to Gaza and...

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July 7, 2017

UNESCO declares Hebron Old City as Palestinian heritage site

UNESCO has voted to recognise Hebron’s Old City and the Ibrahimi Mosque as Palestinian heritage sites despite diplomatic pressures by the US and Israel to recruit the support of...

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July 7, 2017

Ghannouchi target of potential terror attack

Last month the Tunisian Ministry of Interior informed Faouzi Kamoun – director of Ennahda leader Rached Ghannouchi’s office – that he is the target of a serious and dangerous...

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July 7, 2017

US lawmakers support terminating trial of Palestinian activist Issa Amro

Thirty-two Democratic members of the United States Congress signed a letter calling on their country’s Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to use his influence with Israel to stop the...

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July 7, 2017

ICC declines to refer S. Africa to UN for not arresting Sudan’s Bashir

The International Criminal Court yesterday rebuked South Africa for not arresting Sudan’s president on a genocide warrant when he visited Johannesburg in 2015, but declined to refer Pretoria to...

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July 7, 2017

France launched 600 air strikes on Mosul

French fighter jets have launched 600 air strikes against Daesh in Mosul since the start of the Iraqi forces’ battle to regain control of the city from Daesh in...

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July 7, 2017

3 years on from Gaza war: 70% of homes still in ruins

Three years after the war in 2014, only one third of the 11,000 homes destroyed have been rebuilt, Wafa reported. Many families continue to live in tents, according to...

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